Sealing means for vessels.



PATENTED AUG. 2

CU nud UU J, M. RISKS. SEALING MEANS FR VESSELS.

APPLI'OATION FILED HAY 12,1905.

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Specification of Letters atent.

Patented Aug. 2l, 1995.

To all whom, 711% Tf1/ary concer/721:

Be it known that I, JAMES MiLNoR Hroirs, a citizen or' the UnitedStates, residing at Summit, county of Union, State of New J ersey, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Sealing Means forVessels, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to sealing means for vessels; and it consists incertain elements and combinations of elements fully speciied and claimedhereinafter.

In order that persons skilled in the art to which my inventionappertains may understand, construct, and use my invention, i willproceed to describe it, referring to the accoin' panying drawings,forming part of this speciiication, in which- Figure lis an elevation ofa bottle with my invention applied to it, the sealing-cap being securedthereto. Fig. 2 is an elevation of the same, showing the sealing-capabout to be applied and the construction of the up per part of the neck.Fior. 3 is a longitudinal central section of the nec and mouth of thebottle in enlarged view.

A is the bodI'y of the bottle.

B is the nec r.

C is an enlargement of the neck at its upper part. D is a groove abovesaid enlargeinent and below a serrated portion E at the top of the necksurrounding the nose of the bottle. i

.F is the mouth of the bottle.

-.G is the bottle-sealing cap oi' smaller interfnal diameter than theserrated portion E Previous to its beinfr applied to the bottle it issubstantially cylindrical in shape and having a pendent flange Gr. G isthe said pendent ilange dropped from the top surface G of the cap.

The cap G rated portion the eap-ilange Gr G is forced down over the ser-E, stretching the material of to about the limit of the elasticity ofthe niatetial of the iiange, so

that the flange G" pinches the serrated portion E and secures the capupon the bottle strongly. The capii-lange G is made long enough to passbelen7 the serrated portion E and grip the shouldei` above the groove D,

Ation E being under tension,

Application led May 12,1905. Serial No. 260.170.

because the elasticity of the stretched flange after assing the serratedportion. E draws into a out its original diameter previous to its beingstretched. The ortion of the flange G which remains on the serratedpordraws into the between the threads of the serrated grooves gives anadditional hold to the part and Hangs on the bottle. The cap-flange isnot roughened or ser rated on its inner surface, but a plain cupshapedcap easily made by one operation.

Ofcourse when pressure is contained iny the vessel a sealingcork or itsequivalent is used either in the bottle-mouth or over its top surface.

The enlargement C is substantially iiat upon its upper side and affordsa convenient means to support av cap-removing tool of any ordinary make;but the cap may be removed in any other well-known nia-nner by tools ab'ready in common use.

Having now fully described iny invention and the manner in which i haveembodied it, what ll claiin as new and as my invention, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is"

1. In a means for securing sealing-caps on vessels the combinationconsisting ot a plain cup-shaped cap, a vessel-neck; a serrated portionupon the outer surface thereof. near its mouth, and a shoulder locatedbe i-cath said serrated portion, the said cap being of smaller internaldimension than the said ser rated portion upon the vessel, whereby whensaid cap is forced over the said serrated pon tion, the said sealing-canis strained when passing over said serrated portion and whenv the lowerpart of the said cap has passed beloviT the' said serrated portion itreturns subm stantially to its original Adimensioiri `and the part whichremains on the said serrated part of the vessel, impresses itself intothe depressions ol` the said serrations and grips the serrationsiirnily, substantialiy as specified.

I 2. In a means for securing sealing-caps on vessels, cap having an uper surface and a cylindrical iange pen ent therefrom, of a vesselhaving a serrated rim near the top of its noch;

the combination with plain sealing gg @28,936 y the said SeaJmgcep beingof smgjller da/*mw l In testimony whereof I have signed my ter than thediameter of the said rim, before I name Yto this Specification, in thepresence 4of it is forced over the said rim, whereby when twoSubscribing witnesses, this Mey, 1905. forced over lseid serrated rim,the material of JAMES MILNGR HICKS 5 said cap is strained and rmly heldupon the Wvitnessee: l

vesselby the elaeticty of the materiel of the JOHN A. HICKS, l seidflange substentiellye's specified. N ATHANIEL P. BARR.

